Sonnet 116 Shakespear- TP CASTT

Title: The title of this sonnet is "Let me not by the marriage of true minds". When given the first look at the title we are given an idea that this poem will be about love as suggested by the word "marriage" in the title. The true minds part may illude to a very intense love.

Paraphrase:
The intense love that binds people does not stop with obstructions. Love is not love if it can be altered when a problem arises, or gets weak when someone leaves: Deffinetly not! It forever binds us that looks on violent windstorms and is never shaken; It is even the most immovable people's guide, there is no price for love. It is not beaten by time, even with the loss of rosy lips and cheeks and even outlasts man's deffinite end; Love does not change depending on how often you see each other, but endures to the end. If i am in error and this is proved, nothing I have ever writ is worthwhile, and no man has ever loved.

Connotation: In sonnet 116, shakespeare makes use of some very intense poetic devices to illustrate the meaning to the reader. He uses an almost personification when talking about love, he does not give it human qualities, however he gives natural qualities to a feeling. This displays how real love is, it is as real as the stars in the sky or the bark on the trees. He also uses rosy lips and cheeks as symbols for youth. His diction at the end of the sonnet also outlines how positive he is that love endures forever.

Attitude: The attitude of this poem is loving. Through his diction, it makes it seem as though the poet is deeply in love and that nothing can come between him and his lover. There is also a cocky attitude in the poem as he is so sure of his theory, this is shown mainly at the end when he says if this is wrong, everything i have ever written is wrong and no man has ever loved.

Shifts: There is a shift at the end of line seven and then it shifts back at the end of line 9. I am unsure of the meaning of this shift but it seems to make line 7 and 8 seem very important, perhaps they have personal meaning. There is also a shift at the end of the poem when he is done talking about how love is everlasting and then starts to talk about how positive he is that this theory is correct.

Title: Looking at the title again I think that I was mainly right the first time but the true minds seems to suggest a level of love that is so intense something more than physical lust.

Theme: The theme of this poem is everlasting love. It is saying that real love is so intense that it will outlast time, and distance and all obstructions in it's way.